127
127
Oct 11, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 127
favorite 0
quote 0
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and address the quote dishonesties pedalled last week. offering advice for number two the president said -- >> tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. >> for what it's worth, the president is probably hoping that joe isn't the same joe who occasionally suffers from bouts of acute honesty on a variety of topics like gay marriage. >> he got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity, spirit. >> joining us now from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben "the thunder" labolt. >> new nickname every time. thanks for having me. >> thunder bolt or thund
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and...
101
101
Aug 24, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 101
favorite 0
quote 0
at a fund-raiser last night, romney argued big business is quote, doing fine, saying we've got to make it easier for small businesses. big business is doing fine in many places. they get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. just to recap, big business is doing fine. you might remember a similar now infamous statement made by president obama as he argued for a greater focus on public sector jobs and said the private sector is doing fine. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? i think he's defining what it means to be detached and out of touch. >> but semantics aside, here's why governor romney believes big business is quote, doing fine. they know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in the places where there are low tax havens around the world for their businesses, but small business is getting crushed. just to recap, regulation isn't holding back big business and tax havens offshore are a good thing. well, that's one way to get the conversation off todd akin and here's another. re
at a fund-raiser last night, romney argued big business is quote, doing fine, saying we've got to make it easier for small businesses. big business is doing fine in many places. they get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. just to recap, big business is doing fine. you might remember a similar now infamous statement made by president obama as he argued for a greater focus on public sector jobs and said the private sector is doing fine. >> he said the private sector...
119
119
Oct 2, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 119
favorite 0
quote 0
george will writes romney is behind so on wednesday night it might be risky for romney not to take risks. which is a lot of risk in one sentence. do you think romg will go out there? i mean given his behavior thus far? >> historically the defirst debate is the first time a challenger has a chance to stance on stage on a level playing for field for a couple hours with the incumbent president and it's been the challenger's best debate. so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a slight favorite right now. we have seen obama recently in a higher position than he's been in all year, maybe higher than you would expect based on where the economy is. so i do think romney should have a tail wind at the same time the stuff we're mentioning where he also has tried to avoid articulating where his positions are on a lot of issues, a lot that is common sense but if you take positions further away from the center that damages you and he's not done a lot of running to the center at all in this campaign. that's unusual and he'll be proebds for more detail during the debate. >> the american pu
george will writes romney is behind so on wednesday night it might be risky for romney not to take risks. which is a lot of risk in one sentence. do you think romg will go out there? i mean given his behavior thus far? >> historically the defirst debate is the first time a challenger has a chance to stance on stage on a level playing for field for a couple hours with the incumbent president and it's been the challenger's best debate. so just by showing up, you would think that romney's a...
156
156
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 156
favorite 0
quote 0
and we ask you to stay with us all of the way to victory on tuesday night. all right? >> that was governor romney and an emotional ann romney speaking in colorado just now. i want to thank all of my panel here for their time and their expertise and thoughts. we have a wild three days ahead of us, guys. do we have time to talk to them? we do have time to talk to them. >> that's what we were chanting, three more days. >> i will say, it is exhausting running for president. >> it will be more like four or five days because midnight, 4:00 a.m., wednesday morning, we may very well not know. >> it's my election administration election. it is all going to come down to the arcane rules about challengers and provisional balloting and hanging chads and all that. we may not know on tuesday night. >> you really think that by 10:30, 11:00, we won't be like, okay, write my thing and go to bed by midnight? >> no, sir. you will be hitting refresh on the poll numbers. >> we will be following it closely, especially right here on msnbc, the place for polit s politics. thank you again. thi
and we ask you to stay with us all of the way to victory on tuesday night. all right? >> that was governor romney and an emotional ann romney speaking in colorado just now. i want to thank all of my panel here for their time and their expertise and thoughts. we have a wild three days ahead of us, guys. do we have time to talk to them? we do have time to talk to them. >> that's what we were chanting, three more days. >> i will say, it is exhausting running for president....
117
117
Oct 5, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> that same night, romney gave a press conference explaining what he meant. >> so it's a question and answer as i recall about the process of the campaign and how i'm going to get the 51 or a 52% i need. >> so, was actually all just a lot of hull la ba lu about electoral math, the quote i'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility was mere lay comment on process. romney went on to say that video represented nothing new. >> you're coming to my fund-raisers and this is the same message i give to people which is we have a very different approach, the president and i, between a government dominated society and a society driven by free people pursuing their dreams. >> but by last night, romney had a completely different take on his own position. he acknowledged that writing off half of the country as government moochers including students, elderly and military veteran,sin veterans was wrong. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out right. i
. >> that same night, romney gave a press conference explaining what he meant. >> so it's a question and answer as i recall about the process of the campaign and how i'm going to get the 51 or a 52% i need. >> so, was actually all just a lot of hull la ba lu about electoral math, the quote i'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility was mere lay comment on process. romney went on to say that video represented nothing new. >> you're coming to my...
147
147
Apr 4, 2012
04/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 147
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> that is mitt romney speaking today on the heels of three wins last night. hogan gidley, you are the santorum campaign communications director. newt gingrich has said he's going to stay in this race largely to sort of help fashion a better more convincing conservative platform, probably for mitt romney. is rick santorum going to do the same? >> no, i mean look, we're still this to win it. we'd like for all the conservatives including newt gingrich to bow out of this race and get behind us obviously. polls show even last night with the percentage points that gingrich had, had he been out, we would have been able to beat romney in wisconsin. i want to go back to something romney said about all of his plans and he can't wait to get to washington. i'm terrified at that notion because he's caused so much damage in washington, d.c. and this country from boston. i don't know what he's talking about. remember last week, two weeks ago, we were debating before the supreme court the constitutionality of obama care. we wouldn't even have had those hearings had it not be
. >> that is mitt romney speaking today on the heels of three wins last night. hogan gidley, you are the santorum campaign communications director. newt gingrich has said he's going to stay in this race largely to sort of help fashion a better more convincing conservative platform, probably for mitt romney. is rick santorum going to do the same? >> no, i mean look, we're still this to win it. we'd like for all the conservatives including newt gingrich to bow out of this race and get...
91
91
Apr 10, 2012
04/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 91
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> team romney, what point do they need to do this? i think it would behoove them -- >> when is summer vacation? >> in july. >> it will be memorial day friday. >> friday night dump. >> the olympics. >> 4:30. >> during opening ceremony of the olympics. >> it's all giggles here. this would be -- sitting on this until the general, after the conventions, would not seem like a prudent measure. getting it out of the way now may be, hoping the american public isn't paying that much attention would be the most sound strategy. >> i'm not sure it goes away. whether he gets out of the way out in or the last minute, i don't know which does better. >> i don't know the answer to the question. but i will say prudence is not the watch word for the campaign because they should have gotten that out of the way a year ago or 15 months ago or 4 years ago. they could have dealt with this a long time ago. they're kind of trapped by it. i'm not sure there's a right way out. >> it wasn't an issue four years ago. that is a measure of how the conversation around
. >> team romney, what point do they need to do this? i think it would behoove them -- >> when is summer vacation? >> in july. >> it will be memorial day friday. >> friday night dump. >> the olympics. >> 4:30. >> during opening ceremony of the olympics. >> it's all giggles here. this would be -- sitting on this until the general, after the conventions, would not seem like a prudent measure. getting it out of the way now may be, hoping the...
99
99
Oct 23, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners givin
coming up, last night we saw another example of governor romney's march to the middle. but did we also see a little bit of flop sweat? we'll grade the performances when we go back inside the debate studio with james lipton, just ahead. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those...
115
115
Oct 19, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 115
favorite 0
quote 0
two nights after this -- >> not true, governor romney. >> how much did you cut them? >> there were a bunch of oil company -- >> i had a question and the question was how much you'll get them by. you'll get your chance in a moment and i'm still speaking. >> there was this. >> a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans perhaps in the morning, suits for a lunch fund-raiser, sport coat for dinner, but it's nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> used to love walking through central park, loved to go to old yankee stadium, the house that ruth built, although he really did not build that. i hope everybody's -- aware of that. governor romney and president obama shared the stage in new york city. the light hearted night included plenty of self-deprecation. >> people seem to be very curious as to how we prepare for the debates. let me tell you what i do, first refrain from alcohol for 65 years before the debate. second, find the biggest available straw man and then just mercily attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming.
two nights after this -- >> not true, governor romney. >> how much did you cut them? >> there were a bunch of oil company -- >> i had a question and the question was how much you'll get them by. you'll get your chance in a moment and i'm still speaking. >> there was this. >> a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans perhaps in the morning, suits for a lunch fund-raiser, sport coat for dinner, but it's nice to finally relax and to wear what...
97
97
Feb 29, 2012
02/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 97
favorite 0
quote 1
last night. if the romney camp is saying a win is a win, and he is the candidate, let's see him act like a winner. let's see vim and vigor, and we never get it. >> and the fact that romney is doing so badly a allows the president to get away with what he did at the uaw, this same guy, said he would put on his comfortable shoes and join people on the pickett line. when given that opportunity, he chose to take a safer route. if romney and the field had coalesced and the president was facing a tougher set of opponents we would be writing stories about that kind of thing instead of how this race is going. >> and man, they were not booing him yesterday. >> no. >> coming up over time santorum has inched closer to the center at debates but his rhetoric has gone further to the fringe. has he gone too far? we will ask the national communication director, when he joins us live, next on "now." [ kyle ] my bad. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was
last night. if the romney camp is saying a win is a win, and he is the candidate, let's see him act like a winner. let's see vim and vigor, and we never get it. >> and the fact that romney is doing so badly a allows the president to get away with what he did at the uaw, this same guy, said he would put on his comfortable shoes and join people on the pickett line. when given that opportunity, he chose to take a safer route. if romney and the field had coalesced and the president was facing...
261
261
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 261
favorite 0
quote 0
romney was supposed to end his campaign last night with a rally in new hampshire, but perhaps in a bid to turn back the clock the campaign scheduled an event in ohio that is about to get under way and another to come this afternoon in pennsylvania. romney is trying to make sure that this is not his last campaign, that politically he has a tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow. >> for the president, win or lose, this is his last campaign. >> this is a pretty emotional time for us because this is the final event of my husband's final campaign. >> in iowa last night, the place where it all began, the first couple held an extended embrace at the end of a day that saw president obama on the stump with jay-z and bruce springsteen, he seemed at peace, closing one chapter of his political life. >> it all comes down to you. it's out of my hands now. it's in yours. >> now, of course, it is just down to the ballots. chris, let's talk about the mood. i mean we are going to prognosticate, we have been prognosticating about how tight this thing is. >> never made a p
romney was supposed to end his campaign last night with a rally in new hampshire, but perhaps in a bid to turn back the clock the campaign scheduled an event in ohio that is about to get under way and another to come this afternoon in pennsylvania. romney is trying to make sure that this is not his last campaign, that politically he has a tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow. >> for the president, win or lose, this is his last campaign....
124
124
Aug 17, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 124
favorite 0
quote 0
the romney tax thing, it does matter to regular folks because to your point, which i think is correct, everybody would like to have the money romney has. i think by revealing romney's taxes, for the first time, we have a conversation in the public about how you get to be that rich and mitt romney, it's not by working hard. his investment money that he pays way less taxes on. >> he's paid taxes on in the beginning, paid taxes on from the capital gains standpoint. my understanding, i'm not a tax expert, my understanding is, i hope that someone tweets this and really challenges me on this, is that romney and people that are of that wealth have paid taxes not once, twice, but three times on their money. what they're paying taxes on is they're paying taxes on the actual investments. now, to go back to your original point -- >> i just want to say, do you have time to tweet that? >> because i think this isn't a fair conversation we are having as a country. i think governor romney is feeding into this by not being transparent here. to suggest this man hasn't paid taxes, i don't think that's a
the romney tax thing, it does matter to regular folks because to your point, which i think is correct, everybody would like to have the money romney has. i think by revealing romney's taxes, for the first time, we have a conversation in the public about how you get to be that rich and mitt romney, it's not by working hard. his investment money that he pays way less taxes on. >> he's paid taxes on in the beginning, paid taxes on from the capital gains standpoint. my understanding, i'm not...
160
160
Sep 17, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 160
favorite 0
quote 0
that was kind of isolated to one night and now he's back to not talking about his faith very much. i think that like i write, you know, he's going to be talking about god more. he already is. he talked about how he's not going to take god off our currency. >> which was -- as i think jen, the obama campaign person said there's as much likelihood of that as aliens attacking florida. but it is interesting as we talk about the country's first mormon candidate how little lifting of the veil there has been vis-a-vis the mormon faith and the prejudice that still exists as far as mormons in this country and the things that sort of whether it's the polygamist stigma that has sort of made it ways down to mexico and is now, you know, being battled out with mexican cartels as shane has detailed he could do -- it could be a great moment for mormons in america. interviewed by david gregory a couple weeks ago and asked and he immediately pivoted to judeo christian beliefs. >> first off, seems like this is part and parcel with the way romney approaches everything, which is, not to talk about it. t
that was kind of isolated to one night and now he's back to not talking about his faith very much. i think that like i write, you know, he's going to be talking about god more. he already is. he talked about how he's not going to take god off our currency. >> which was -- as i think jen, the obama campaign person said there's as much likelihood of that as aliens attacking florida. but it is interesting as we talk about the country's first mormon candidate how little lifting of the veil...
130
130
Oct 12, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that then overran a consulate. >> which they admit. >> everyone agrees. now the question is, did they just get bad intelligence, right? which is what joe biden said last night. this is what intelligence agencies told us. it turned out later it was a preplanned attack. were they essentially manipulating the story because it looked better for them if there was this who could have predicted riot as opposed to an al qaeda cell or al qaeda allied cell in libya pulled off an attack. that's one issue, right? what was channeled up through the chain of command in terms of intelligence reporting that administration
we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that...
99
99
Mar 16, 2012
03/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
if you read the polls in mississippi romney should have done better on election night. i think that romney will be okay in illinois and remember, this is for me, it's dejavu all over again, in march, april and may of 2008, hillary clinton won 10 out of 12 primaries and racked up margins and the obama people kept adding delegates. and they said you cannot take it away from us, we have the most delegates and who won? romney got the most delegates. >> delegate has been the front-runner and he is trying play the underdog. >> super tuesday was not that super. obama on super tuesday in '08 locked it up. >> no, he did not lock it up. >> romney created a situation that was difficult -- romney is not there math mat imathmatical. >> if you had said that on the night of alabama and mississippi that romie would come up with more delegates, a month before, you would say that's a great win. >> i do not think that rick santorum is hillary clinton and mitt romney is barack obama in the coming from behind message. >> but the message is, if romney gets into tampa, limps in to tampa with
if you read the polls in mississippi romney should have done better on election night. i think that romney will be okay in illinois and remember, this is for me, it's dejavu all over again, in march, april and may of 2008, hillary clinton won 10 out of 12 primaries and racked up margins and the obama people kept adding delegates. and they said you cannot take it away from us, we have the most delegates and who won? romney got the most delegates. >> delegate has been the front-runner and...
135
135
Mar 26, 2012
03/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
after romney wins wisconsin and contrary to what ed rendell said the other night, that esa chance romney will beat santorum in pennsylvania. >> i agree with john. i think it will demonstrates larry summers maxim of economics in politics which is there's a very thin line between impossible and inevitable. there were a lot of conservative who's felt the romney nomination was impossible. they were sure it would be this or that person but someone would happen. now, of course, he's very close to inevitable. that's the language we are seeing from people who don't feel the slightest bit of pressure to push him over the line at all. all they're saying is look at the line. he's really close. >> he has a lot of money and he's doing well in the polls. >> he's got the math. he just lacks the chemistry. >> exactly. speaking of dudes that people are unsure about, you are looking live at tim tebow holding his first news conference as a new york jet. >> wow. >> how will tim tebow handle his first date with the new york media? we will have more on that ahead, ahead. but first, as the supreme court hears
after romney wins wisconsin and contrary to what ed rendell said the other night, that esa chance romney will beat santorum in pennsylvania. >> i agree with john. i think it will demonstrates larry summers maxim of economics in politics which is there's a very thin line between impossible and inevitable. there were a lot of conservative who's felt the romney nomination was impossible. they were sure it would be this or that person but someone would happen. now, of course, he's very close...
157
157
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans for some time. the question is, can anyone execute on anything within this environment? if the projections hold true and i'm sure ben in chicago and the president won't want to accept the projections but if they hold true, we'll end up with a congress that looks pretty much just as it does today, same president, dealing with the same dysfunctional congress, house controlled by the republicans and nothing will get done and in that environment, voters not uj reasonably will say well how does this get better? >> i think that politico yesterday, ben, outlined questions or statements that might haunt the president in t
we'll leave the zingers to the saturday night li"saturday nig t re-enactment and mitt romney. >> i have not said zinger and now i have. is that going to be enough for the american public? >> no. it's not actually. you know, all due respect to what's going on in chicago but the fundamental problem for the president is not just about the economy, it's the political system as it currently stands. and he has lots of specific plans, he had a jobs bill lined up, he's had these plans...
110
110
Jun 22, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 110
favorite 0
quote 0
there are big dinners with governor romney and his wife both nights. it's really, it's summer camp basically for the sort of rain maker class of republican donors. >> summer camp for the rain maker class. nbc's garrett haich doing the heavy lifting in park city. thank you, as always. good luck to you. >> can we make one quick point about the fact that they're doing this bus tour and putting the obama camp on the defensive? just going to a state doesn't mean the other candidate is on the defensive. you can say that's the case, doesn't make it the case just because you go there. michigan is tightening up. wisconsin a little less low. just because you take a bus tour to the state doesn't mean you have the other candidate on the defensive. >> it does signal an interest in the state given the fact the party hasn't done very well in decades. fair point. thank you to you, ben white for joining us. >>> coming up, from middle class to homeless. as the net worth of the average american family plummets, time to take stock of the american dream. we'll talk hard ti
there are big dinners with governor romney and his wife both nights. it's really, it's summer camp basically for the sort of rain maker class of republican donors. >> summer camp for the rain maker class. nbc's garrett haich doing the heavy lifting in park city. thank you, as always. good luck to you. >> can we make one quick point about the fact that they're doing this bus tour and putting the obama camp on the defensive? just going to a state doesn't mean the other candidate is on...
160
160
May 10, 2012
05/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 160
favorite 0
quote 0
but i have to tell what you president obama did last night with this doma issue and the gay marriage issue he just ensured that the entire community of evangelicals gets behind mitt romney which is something that mitt romney has not been able to do on his own. it shows you that president obama is actually weak right now. he needs to actually get his own base to rally around him. and he's so desperate to get his own base to rally around him that he's inserting an issue that most americans are not worried about. >> again i take issue with that. most americans not being worried about with civil rights and marriage equality. but again that can be your interpretation. the evangelical vote, important to neat franklin graham just released a statement in response to the president saying it is a sad day for america, may god help us. clearly this is an issue that does not unite some parts of the country. thank you to congressman raul labrador. >> thank you. >> after the break with mother's day nearly upon us, ann romney pens an op bed motherhood. we'll discuss the mom wars next. we love garden
but i have to tell what you president obama did last night with this doma issue and the gay marriage issue he just ensured that the entire community of evangelicals gets behind mitt romney which is something that mitt romney has not been able to do on his own. it shows you that president obama is actually weak right now. he needs to actually get his own base to rally around him. and he's so desperate to get his own base to rally around him that he's inserting an issue that most americans are...
120
120
Apr 20, 2012
04/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 120
favorite 0
quote 0
i think to a certain degree, steve we talked about this last night, people don't really know what mitt romney's economic plan is. >> as it unfolds, he will see if he can make it up on the likability side, i think it's easier for obama to make up on the economic side to tell people, convince them my policies are good, unemployment's improving or whatever, it is the message of the day, of the week, it is hard to fake likability. one of the big advantages obama has on that is that he's just cool. meaning he's into modern culture, he's hip, he can talk about what's on his ipad. he's a sports nut. look at what -- >> he can doing push-ups with michele. >> and what is mrs. romney's sport? dressage. >> exactly. when you talk about accessibility and empathy, he has the middle class at heart, a lot has been made about the comments of the silver spoon and the fact that the president said i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. at the end of the day, i don't know that that was an indictment of mitt romney as much as president obama talking about his incredible personal story. >> sure he doe
i think to a certain degree, steve we talked about this last night, people don't really know what mitt romney's economic plan is. >> as it unfolds, he will see if he can make it up on the likability side, i think it's easier for obama to make up on the economic side to tell people, convince them my policies are good, unemployment's improving or whatever, it is the message of the day, of the week, it is hard to fake likability. one of the big advantages obama has on that is that he's just...
148
148
Sep 13, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney doesn't seem to identify this as a major problem. in some ways he's, i think, ignoring the dangerous dynamic. >> and in difficulty of being the commander in chief, president obama was on television last night, charged by jose diaz-balart is the new egyptian government friend or foe, he said they're not an enemying but they're not an ally either. some people will say he's being too cautious. at the end of the day we don't know. these are all new governments, new regime, different interests. we look at reaction of the egyptian government to the violence at u.s. embassy, they waited 24 hours before saying anything, they haven't exactly strong armed those protesters. some of them have -- there's an encouragement of having a second day of protest but without the violence. >> president obama's approach to foreign policy is very different than george w. bush's, and it has one overriding benefit, he hasn't put americans in harm's way in volatile situations. he hasn't put boots of the ground. that said it doesn't make the problems of what hap
mitt romney doesn't seem to identify this as a major problem. in some ways he's, i think, ignoring the dangerous dynamic. >> and in difficulty of being the commander in chief, president obama was on television last night, charged by jose diaz-balart is the new egyptian government friend or foe, he said they're not an enemying but they're not an ally either. some people will say he's being too cautious. at the end of the day we don't know. these are all new governments, new regime,...
112
112
Jan 6, 2012
01/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
who will go toe to toe with romney. then it turned into a nightmare the next day because the other guys wouldn't get out of way. then he needed perry out and gingrich out, and he needed guys like rush limbaugh to be like, listen, this is the moment. if we are ever going to stop mitt, it is now. instead, limbaugh was saying on his radio show, this will be fun to watch. this is kind after train wreck. >> ben is right. mitt needs to realize we are in the age of youtube when never can say, we can see what you said the night before, so don't repeat it. come up with a new line. and i'm looking forward to the new hampshire debates where i'm sure jon huntsman will roll out some kind of stone temple pilots reference to the granite state. >> no one will get it. >> i, myself, am looking forward to herman cain's unconventional statement. >>> thanks again to jonathan, steve, s.e. and ben. see you back here monday at noon eastern. until then, follow us on the twitter machine. >>> andrea mitchell report is next. hi, andrea. >> hi, ale
who will go toe to toe with romney. then it turned into a nightmare the next day because the other guys wouldn't get out of way. then he needed perry out and gingrich out, and he needed guys like rush limbaugh to be like, listen, this is the moment. if we are ever going to stop mitt, it is now. instead, limbaugh was saying on his radio show, this will be fun to watch. this is kind after train wreck. >> ben is right. mitt needs to realize we are in the age of youtube when never can say, we...